MSU Billings Women Finish Second at Black Hills Cross-Country Meet (October 18, 2002)

BILLINGS, MT – The MSU Billings women’s cross-country team used top five finishes by Chelsea Lynnes and Ellen Swogger to take second place at the Black Hills State Invitational on Friday.  The two Miles City natives finished 4^th and 5^th respectively.

Lynnes completed the 5K course in 20:44, with Swogger coming in just behind her at 20:52.  The teammates have led the Yellowjackets all season, with Swogger finishing ahead of Lynnes in the previous two meets.

Black Hill State swept five of the top seven spots in the race to claim the meet title.  The top two finishers each broke the meet record, with winner Jessie Palczewski establishing a new meet record of 19:19.

Rounding out the Yellowjackets’ top five were Anjel Hoff (11^th place, 21:34), Kelly Long (14^th place, 21:58) and Mandy Brown (20^th place, 23:37).  Also finishing for MSU Billings were Tracie Overberg (23^rd place, 24:22), Kendra Bebee (25^th place, 24:49), Colleen Knudson (26^th place, 25:32), and Abbey Strutz (27^th place, 27:16).

The Yellowjacket men’s squad was paced by Brian Fosjord’s 19^th place finish, completing the 8K course in 31:49.  Ryan Archibald came in 22^nd with a time of 33:08.   Ben McNelley returned to action after a month-long layoff due to military training with a 26^th place finish and a time of 33:36.  McNelley hadn’t competed in a meet since September 14.

MSU Billings will host the Yellowjacket Invitational next Saturday at Riverfront Park.  A fun run will take place at 9:00 a.m. with the college meet beginning at 10:00 a.m.  For information on how to enter the fun run, call Yellowjacket Athletics at 406-657-2369.